Global Patent Index - EP 1436951 A1

EP 1436951 A1 20040714 - TRUNKING INTER-SWITCH LINKS

Title (en)

TRUNKING INTER-SWITCH LINKS

Title (de)

BÜNDELN VON VERBINDUNGEN ZWISCHEN VERMITTLUNGEN

Title (fr)

JONCTION DE LIAISONS INTERCOMMUTATEURS

Publication

EP 1436951 A1 20040714 (EN)

Application

EP 02747985 A 20020626

Priority

  • US 0220357 W 20020626
  • US 96418401 A 20010925

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2003165137A1] A method and apparatus for routing frames through a fibre channel fabric to make the most efficient possible use of redundant inter-switch links between neighboring switches. The inter-switch links may have different bandwidths. The flow between adjacent switches is monitored to determine various local usage statistics and periodically adjust routing tables to move data flows from congested links to lightly loaded links.

IPC 1-7

H04L 12/50; H04Q 11/04

IPC 8 full level

H04L 12/56 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H04L 45/00 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 45/123 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 45/24 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 45/245 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 45/38 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 47/10 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 47/11 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 47/122 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 47/29 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 49/25 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 49/357 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 49/30 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 49/552 (2013.01 - EP US); Y02D 30/50 (2020.08 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2003165137 A1 20030904; US 6819654 B2 20041116; AT E529983 T1 20111115; EP 1436951 A1 20040714; EP 1436951 A4 20061129; EP 1436951 B1 20111019; US 6532212 B1 20030311; WO 03028309 A1 20030403

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 38303203 A 20030306; AT 02747985 T 20020626; EP 02747985 A 20020626; US 0220357 W 20020626; US 96418401 A 20010925